The River Of Consciousness

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In his previous books Oliver Sacks had addressed questions of the brain & mind through the lens of case histories of individuals with neurological disorders Recently however he had been reflecting on his experiences with such patients in the context of a lifetime of medical practice & in light of recent neuroscientific evidence & theories The River of Consciousness will be a broader & more direct look at how the brain & mind work as always incorporating Sacks' rich historical & personal context Advances in neuroscience have revolutionized our ability to visualize the brain in action For the first time we are able to close the gap between the philosophical questions which have consumed the world's thinkers since the eighteenth century & the true physiological basis of perception & consciousness In The River of Consciousness Sacks will examine questions of memory time & consciousness How do we think how do we remember? Do different individuals have different speeds or ways of thinking? Is memory reliable? How do the neural correlates of memory differ for true memories & false memories? How do we construct our sense of time our visual world? What is consciousness neurologically speaking? & most importantly what is creativity? Sacks completed the research for this book before he died & with instructions on how it was to be put together This is a remarkable culmination of a lifetime's research into the way the brain works